Sophia Loren knows she looks good — and she's never sick of hearing it, either.

The 81-year-old sex symbol and silver screen icon has been promoting An Evening with Sophia Loren, a retrospective of her life that's hitting several venues in the US, and sat down with the Today show to talk about her career, her family, and — of course — her legendary beauty.

When asked by Al Roker if she ever tires of being told how gorgeous she is, Sophia simply said 'no', and 'never', adding with a laugh: 'It's nice to hear it.'

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Looking back: Sophia Loren, 81, is promoting a live show about her life called An Evening with Sophia Loren

Bring on the compliments! Speaking to Al Roker on the Today show, she said she never tires of hearing that she is beautiful

Sophia also pressed Al on whether he was a fan of hers, smiling and saying 'good' when he replied in the affirmative.

Earlier this week, the actress spoke to W Magazine about her never-fading good looks, saying: I look very well. I look fantastic. I’m laughing, but everybody says so. Everybody says so! Sometimes I don’t believe them anymore, but they are very convincing.'

Of course, people have been telling Sophia this for most of her life, ever since she started starring in several movies a year in the early '50s. But though the star is happy to take a compliment, she told Al that she wouldn't exactly say she's perfect.

'[Beauty is] not even perfection. It's something that comes from inside. I felt quite unique. I was not beautiful in the sense, like, [a] doll. I've never been like [that],' she said.

Diva: The star also quizzed Al on whether he was a fan; when he said he was, she replied: 'good'

Love: Sophia said she 'lives for' her family, and talked about how beautiful her kids looked as young children

Big family: The proud grandma also remarked on how beautiful her grandchildren (pictured) are

Hot! This week, Sophia said that filming this striptease scene was one of her most fun on-set memories

Sophia also touched on some of the subjects she'll address in her show, which will be playing in Las Vegas, Chicago, Dallas, Connecticut, New Jersey, and a few locations in Florida through April 1.

On being driven in her career, she said: 'I knew how to get what I wanted. Sometimes you suffer, but sometimes it happens.'

As for what she's been most proud of, the actress — who was quite prolific in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and starred in 11 films in 1954 alone — thinks it's too tough to narrow down.

'It's very difficult [to say what I'm most proud of],' she said. 'I'm sure that whatever I did in the beginning, and how my life is now, is the right thing for me. What I really wanted was to do things in the right way and not be mistaken.

'I'm happy. I live a wonderful life.'

One thing that certainly makes her swell with pride, though, is her family. Looking at pictures of her children when they were young, she remarked in Italian how beautiful they were — and she feels the same about her grandkids.

'I live for my family. I have the most beautiful grandchildren that I've ever seen in my life,' she said.

Feeling good! The Italian Oscar winner (pictured in October 2015) once said that women don't just become sex symbols — they have to be born that way

Beauty queen: Last year, she starred in a campaign for a shade of Dolce & Gabanna lipstick named after her

While the octogenarian actress' tour is taking a look back at her long life, she's not really done working. Though she's not making movies at the same rate she used to, she certainly keeps busy enough.

In September, in honor of her 80th birthday, Sophia starred in a glamorous Dolce & Gabanna lipstick campaign, having a new shade of red named after her — Sophia Loren N°1, a limited-edition color that sold for $37.

'Sophia Loren N°1 is our way of saying, "Thank you, Sophia!"' the designers, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, said at the time. '"Thank you for [your] beauty, thank you for being a world favorite, thank you for being an icon of the big screen and of Italian beauty."

'She has been a constant source of inspiration for us and today we celebrate her with the gift of her very own lipstick.'

She's got fans: Sophia (pictured in 1960) is often called one of the sexist women to ever live

Prolific: The star (pictured in 1953) made several movies a year in the '50s, '60s, and '70s

Happy to take it off: She said performing this strip tease scene for Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow in 1963 was a lot of fun because he co-star would scream as she removed clothing

In January, she starred in a second campaign for the Italian designers, this time for the their new Dolce Rosa Excelsa fragrance.

And she's continued to nab roles, though she admits they've shifted direction over the years.

'Actually, when I was 20, I didn’t think that one day I would live to 80, but you do. You think, "My god, all this time went by? I can’t believe it." Of course, the roles change — you cannot at my age do the story of a woman of 30 or 40 years old. It’s impossible,' she told W.

Being so in-demand, it's no big shock that Sophia's not too fussed about getting older — though she attributes the fact that she's remained a stunner for so long to good genes.

'It’s because, I think, of my mother,' she said of her ability to age well, and gracefully. 'She was the most beautiful woman in the world when I was born. She looked exactly like Greta Garbo, and she won a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contest to get a contract, but my grandmother didn’t want to let her go to America because she said it was too far away.'

Sophia clearly inherited her mom's good looks, which explains why she once was able to proclaim so confidently: 'You have to be born a sex symbol.

Long career: 1960's Two Women and 1993's Grumpy Old Men were also favorites for Sophia (pictured in 1957)

Good genes: The screen siren (center, in the 1960s) attributes her good looks to her mother, who she said looked like Greta Garbo as a young woman (right)

Living in the moment: Sofia (pictured in 1959) admitted that when she was younger, she never thought she'd live to age 80

Never retire: She has continued to work into old age, scoring roles in the '80s (pictured), '90s, and today

'You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll have it even when you're 100 years old.'

Speaking to W, the star also reflected on her past, naming the times she had the most fun on set. She loved working with Jack Lemmon in 1993's Grumpy Old Men, director Vittorio De Sica on Two Women in 1960, and Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni — for whom she did a strip tease in 1963's Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

She said she had such a great time because Marcello would scream whenever she took off and article of clothing, and it would made the whole crew laugh.

As for her favorite actresses, Sophia favors another iconic star who's had plenty of years in the business: 66-year-old Meryl Streep

'She wins [awards] all the time because for me she’s one of the greatest actresses I’ve ever seen,' she said.